Handicrafts, Cultural Identity and Symbolic Market: dynamics of Vila Progresso in Caçapava do Sul-RS

Abstract

Research on the cultural and symbolic elements that make up the different territories has gained prominence in the social sciences. In the context of the gaucho pampa, we highlight the studies on the traditional knowledge of rural communities and the commercial dynamics of handicrafts, such as the handicrafts produced in wool. It should be noted that artisanal production may be related to the traditional aspects of a given region, "re" producing identity elements of a culture through the production and marketing of symbolic products. In order to understand these issues, the commercial dynamics of artisanal products made by artisans from the rural community of Vila Progresso in Caçapava do Sul - RS were taken as a basis. In this sense, the present work aims to understand how the commercial dynamics of handicrafts produced and marketed locally developed.